Friday, February 19, 2016

We did two investigations this week involving plant and animal adaptations. For plant adaptations, your kids were given different supplies (wax paper, plastic lid, balloon, sticky note, toothpick, crayon, cardboard piece). They were to try to determine which object was supposed to represent a plant adaptation shown on a sheet of plant pictures. This was really just an exploratory activity to help them evaluate why some materials might be more beneficial for plants than others.

Next we explored some bird beak adaptations by using tools to represent different bird beaks while trying to pick up various types of food. We used a clothespin to represent a finch beak, a toothpick to represent a woodpecker, a dropper to represent a hummingbird, and a spoon to represent a spoonbill. We then tried to pick up nectar (water), fish (plastic squares), seeds (sunflower seeds), and insects (raisins). This led to an interesting discussion regarding the fact bird beaks must fit the diet of the birds.

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Rebecca May

I'm a wife, mother of two, and 4th grade teacher who is totally in love with her job! I teach math and science to roughly 40 kids a year. I've tried to model my classroom after this quote by Elliot Eisner - "When the joy is in the journey, the journey will be pursued." I feel very fortunate to work in an amazing school district, where it is commonplace to push students to their full potential and settle for nothing less. I truly feel blessed!!